Rainfall thresholds and terrain maps pinpoint landslide risk in Kerala’s Western Ghats
A GIS-based regression study of two Kerala panchayats maps landslide susceptibility and identifies antecedent rainfall thresholds of roughly 300 and ...
Tag: slope stability
Model Maps Where Rain and Earthquakes Could Trigger Landslides Across China
A new study combines two physically based models to estimate slope failure probabilities across China under 15 rainfall scenarios, 10 ...
Screening Earthquake-Driven Landslide Displacement with Simple Charts and Case Study
A study compares pseudostatic, Newmark, and simplified screening methods for estimating seismically induced permanent landslide displacement, applying them to the ...
Herbaceous Roots Tested for Slope Protection on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Laboratory tests on three Elymus grasses in the Xining Basin show root networks raise loess cohesion by up to about ...
Rainfall thresholds for landslide initiation quantified in Greater Durban, South Africa
A five-decade analysis of landslide and rainfall records in Greater Durban has produced tiered rainfall thresholds, with a 70th percentile ...
AHP landslide susceptibility map flags 30% of NH 505 corridor as very high risk
An expert-based AHP model in a GIS environment classifies nearly 30 percent of the NH 505 corridor in Himachal Pradesh ...
Hydrogel turns freeze–thaw damage into strength gains for loess slopes
Laboratory triaxial tests show that 3 percent polymer hydrogel raised the shear strength of Yili loess by 82.5 percent after ...
Road cuts are quietly triggering landslides along a Cameroon highway
A new inventory of 59 landslides along the Befang–Wum stretch of Cameroon's Bamenda Ring Road links shallow, rainfall-triggered failures to ...
Superabsorbent Polymers Hold Water Briefly but Strengthen Fire-Area Slopes
A new study finds superabsorbent polymers boost water storage and slope stability in coalfield fire area soils but extend water ...
Long Rains, Not Intense Storms, Pose the Greatest Threat to Tropical Slopes
A finite element study of a Himalayan residual soil slope finds that prolonged low-intensity rainfall cuts slope stability far more ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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